How We Stack Up

During lockdown, where outdoor access was restricted, our country park spaces provided a sanctuary for people living in our communities to enjoy our green spaces and explore nature.

Despite the challenges the service faced, the team delivered several sessions and welcomed numerous visitors:

457,559 Total Visitors

Celebrating 40 years of Monikie Country Park

To mark the milestone anniversary Monikie Country Park launched a photography competition for local people and visitors to celebrate the beauty and enjoyment the park brings.

We received seventy-six entries with twelve winning entrants and twelve runners up selected to receive a copy of the 2022 calendar which featured their winning photographs.

ANGUSalive was delighted to have local Carnoustie-based artist, Jim Dunbar, on board to judge the competition. The calendar was also available to purchase at Monikie Country Park and other ANGUSalive venues.

Thank you also to Byzantium Restaurant, based at Monikie Country Park, who also sponsored the competition.

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4,380 Countryside Activity Attendances

272 Outdoor Learning Activities

Monikie Country Park Calendar 2022

Did you Know?

Monikie Country Park was opened to the public on 27 August 1981. It was previously the main reservoir serving Dundee, and the surrounding area, with 13.5 million litres of clean water per day for over 100 years. In the last 40 years

Monikie Country Park has developed to become a hub for recreational activities including watersports, team building, outdoor concerts and seasonal activities for children.

Ladies only Stand Up Paddleboarding

With Paddleboarding becoming one of the fastest growing sports in the world we decided, in addition to offering SUP generic tasters and courses, we would try Ladies only activity over summer 2021. This proved to be a fantastic success, with not only full attendances but the creation of a women’s group, who not only benefited from this outdoor physical activity, but harnessed and relished the social interaction in the evening activity.

We provided female only instructors to deliver the courses. The feedback received was extremely positive alongside fantastic social network engagement on the ANGUSalive Countryside Facebook page. There were over sixty female participants who embraced this exciting new sport.

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Look Ahead

From April 2022 onwards, the Countryside Adventure team will be focussed on delivering:

• Health Walk Coordinator – As a new role for the service, we look forward to welcoming the postholder in June 2022 who will engage with partners to identify the requirements for the initiative, create new and develop existing walks to ensure they are accessible and inclusive for all.

• Green Health Initiative – Working with various partners to broaden our involvement and delivery for a green health and physical activity network to build on the foundations established by the Angus Sport and Physical Activity Framework.

• Extended Support for Pupils – Similar to the support we deliver for Angus Schools, we look to provide wider support for students to explore the outdoors and the opportunity to showcase their skills and thrive in an outdoor environment.

• Countryside Adventure Activities – Continue to develop our public offering of regular activities and events which showcase our amazing spaces and enable people to have fun, get active and connect with nature across our sites in Angus.

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